Importing BLAST Sequence Data into STNext and Generating Report

  1. On the My Files > Scripts page, click the Import Script button.

  2. Click the Browse button.

  3. Select the sequence script file that was created in the CAS Registry BLAST Client, and then click the Open button.

  4. Click the Ok button.

  5. The script appears on the Scripts page with a double helix icon denoting it is a sequence script; click the Run button.

  6. In the first Enter User Data window, enter the display format for the Registry file (e.g., IDE), and then click the Ok button.

  7. In the second Enter User Data window, enter BIB hitrn as the display format for CAplus to highlight Registry Numbers, and then click the Ok button.

  8. After the script completes, go to My Files > Transcripts page, click the ellipsis (...) icon for the currently active transcript, and then select Report.

  9. In the Reporting window, select a template and format for the report, select the Include BLAST Alignment Data box, and then click the Next button.

    Note: The Patent and Journal template is recommended for alignment and bibliographic data, and the Substance Report template is recommend for alignment and substance details. The Table format is currently not supported for BLAST Alignment data.


  10. In the Import Alignment Data window, click the Browse button.

  11. Select and open the .xss file.

  12. Click the Next button.


  13. Enter the report title in the Document Title field, select/enter any other optional information, and then click the Download button.

View a sample BLAST Alignment report.

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Creating a BLAST Alignment Report

Generating and Exporting Sequence Data in CAS Registry BLAST